Agenda item

Report of the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services

Recommendation:

1.    That the application for Hardship Relief be refused.

The Council had received an application for Business Rates Hardship Relief that did not meet the Council’s qualifying criteria. Granting the relief would give the business an unfair trading advantage over its competitors.

The details of the organisation were exempt under Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as to disclose the applicant’s business financial information could jeopardise the reputation of the business and place competitors at an unfair advantage. The details were available to Cabinet Members in exempt Appendix 1 to the report.

Resolved:

That the application for Hardship Relief be refused.